Package-tie.



W. RUNDQUIST.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLlCATION FILEDJUNE 25.1914.

1,163,777. Patented Dec.14,1915.

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WILLIAM RUNDQUIST, OFELGIN. ILLINOIS TYLER, ONE-FOURTH TO DAILY SMITH, ONE-FOURTH TO ALEXANDER SPROWLS,

, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO ALEXANDER ONE-FOURTH T0 DANIEL H. BUTCHER, AND

ALL OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS.

PACKAGE-TIE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented pee. re, rate.

.appli cation filed June 25, 1914,. Serial No. 847,210.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM RUND UIsT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elgin, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to package ties and is constructed with a view to making it particularly adaptable for use in connection with securing bundles of mail matter for transmission through the mails.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character, the service of which is not limited to a single application, which shall be simple in construction, efiicient and durable in use, which shall be positive in retaining a flexible bond securely about a bundle, which may be used with packages of different sizes, and which shall provide means for retaining the surplus cord intact when the device is used in connection with small packages.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide the device with means of support, thus eliminating the possibility of having the cord used in connection therewith, becoming entangled when the device is not in use.

Vith these and other objects in view, this invention comprises a single piece of metallie wire, bent so as to form a plurality of eyes joined by a main bar having a hump formed therein intermediate of said eyes, one of said eyes adapted to permanently secure the device to a piece of flexible bonding material, and an elongated loop cooperating with said hump and terminating in a hook portion. said hook portion lying in a plane below that of said loop and being adapted to frictionally engage the package upon which the device is used.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing the device applied to a package. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 3 is a side view partly in elevation and partly in section illustrating the construction of the main bar connecting the eyes.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts of the several figures.

The improved package tie is adapted to be used in connection with a flexible bond 5 which is preferably permanently attached to one end thereof as indicated at 6, said package tie being formed of a single piece of metallic wire of any suitable size, said wire being looped at one end thereof to form an eye 7 adapted to receive the flexible bond 5. From said eye 7 the wire extends outwardly, upwardly and outwardly forming a main bar 8 having a hump therein 9. At the ends opposite the eye 7 of said main bar 8 the wire is again looped forming a second eye 10 of preferably larger diameter than the first named eye 7. This eye 10 not only aids in the tying of bundles, as hereinafter pointed out, but also affords means whereby, when not in use, the device may be suspended in some suitable place where it will be ready for immediate use.

The wire after being looped to form the eye 10, is passed under the main bar 8 at the point 11 where said bar 8 is bent outwardly to form the eye 10, said wire then extends on past said point 11 and is bent at the point 12 extending substantially parallel with said main bar 8 to a point slightly below the humped portion 9, where it is bent as at 13 and extends back on the other side of said main bar 8, substantially parallel thereto. This construction, it will be noted, forms an elongated loop 1% the sides of which may be substantially parallel to and equidistant from said main bar 8, said elongated loop 14: having its bent portion 13 positioned at a point slightly beyond the hump 9, said bent portion 13 engaging said main bar 8 at 15. The elongated loop 14 terminates in a hooked portion 16 which lies in a plane below that of said loop and is adapted to frictionally engage the surface of the bundle to which it is applied, thus preventing any longitudinal or horizontal displacement of the device. It will be noted that the downward pressure of the elongated loop 14 on the main bar 8 is made constant and positive by means of the wire forming said loop being passed first under the main bar 8 at 11 and then over said main bar 8 at 13.

In actual use of the device, which is illustrated in Fig. 1, the flexible bond 5 which is attached to the eye 7, is passed around the bundle and through the large eye 10 as shown, thence it is passed around said bundle at right angles to said first mentioned direction and on each round thereof is passed between the loop 1% and the main bar 8, the pressure exerted between these two members, as previously pointed out, being of suiticient intensity to hold the flexible bond firmly against any slipping. The flexible bond attached to the package tie is preferably made long enough for bundles of various sizes and it will be readily seen that, in tying bundles comparatively small, there will be a surplusage of cord varying in length with the size of bundle. This is a condition which has heretofore caused considerable trouble and often times the cord has been cut to fit the small bundle. This, however, renders the same useless for bundles of larger sizes should it be desired to use the device at another time. In applicants device this dilficulty is overcome by means of the elongated loop under which may be passed many thicknesses of surplus cord, thereby increasing the utility of the device. This feature is clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The right is herein reserved to make such changes in the present improvement as may truly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. In a device of the class described, a plurality of eyes joined by a main bar, an elongated loop cooperating therewith, a portion of said main bar lying within said elongated loop and in the same plane therewith, and the remainder of said main bar extending beyond said elongated loop in a plane below the same thereby forming means adapted to retain a flexible bond against accidental displacement.

2. In a package tie, a single piece of metallic wire bent so as to form a plurality of eyes, one of said eyes being of larger diameter than the other, the smaller of said eyes having a flexible bond attached thereto, a main bar having a hump formed therein extending between said eyes, an elongated loop extending from the larger of said eyes and terminating in a hooked portion, said hooked portion lying in juxta-position to said larger eye and adapted to frictionally engage the surface of a package, said elongated loop exerting a pressure on said main bar at a point near said hump to retain the flexible bond against accidental displacement.

3. In a device of the character described,

a metallic member bent so as to form an eye, then continued outwardly, upwardly and outwardly forming a main bar having a hump formed therein, thence bent to form an eye of larger diameter than said first named eye, thence bent under said last mentioned bend to form an elongated loop, the sides of which may be substantially parallel to and equi-distant from said main bar, said metallic member then being bent back upon itself to form a substantially hooked shaped retaining member.

4. In a package tie, a single piece of metallic wire bent soaas to form a plurality of eyes, a bar having a hump formed therein extending between said eyes, an elongated loop extending from one of said eyes and terminating in a hooked portion, said hooked portion lying in juxtaposition to said last mentioned eye and adapted to frictionally engage the surface of a package, said elongated loop exerting a pressure on said bar at a point near said hump to retain a flexible bond against accidental displacement.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM RUNDQUIST.

WVitnesses:

CLARA G-E'rsoH,

E. F. MANN.

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